Telegram-herald., 1887-03-15
The Whire River Horror Dup
Heated Near Boston.
The Queen OF Hearts IN the
Role OF a Mascot.
Twenty Seven KILLED and Over
4 Hundred Wounded.
A Bridge Drops Thirty Feet
Carrying With IL Human
Freight.
Sickening Scenes About the
Wreck Graphically Des-
crlbed.

B0aros. March if-Ths recent terrible
dlsasgsr a. lhs White Riyer bridge on the
Central Vermont railway vas pAralleled to-
dag. and with ths exception Of the nre
feature. almost Exactly duplicated Al Bussey
baass on ths Dedhsm branch oi The Boston
a Providence railroad. Al White River
toar ears were throws from the trsck upon
. bridge seventy feet above a uyer and
wens down sirh tie bridge onto the ice De
los. resulting Ia ths death of thirty-tWo
people sad the Ia Jury Of nearly forty mors.
AZ Busssy el.iss sir ears were thrown
from the tract upon dry bridge forty lset
Above the highway. and with the bridge
crashed down into the street, resulting in
tbe death Of. according % lstess reports,
thuiy-gwo people and the wcundipg 0
fsam 8sty t0 sixsy more. AZ White River
che engine and Two ears ras5sd safely over
the lritlr al1 rleir occupants escaped as
0y miracle AZ B1sssy Bri1ys, ths engine
and three ears passed safely over aud their
naman freight escaped with 0nly -.
rla scene Oi todsy's awful calamity i
seven miles southwest from Beacon Hill,
.T.H H-EA -8ANrt AAAAA 1tAtA A@31AA-AAtOs
sistious on ths Dedhan branch. SOuih-sf
makes graceful curve and passes under
the railroad vEch also curves AZ that point.
The bridge crossed over the highway dlagOn-
aIlV AZ Deght OF forty leet and was $50
feet long. The point - upon the border OF
the old Bl-sey far-l. uow the property OF
r. vsrt College. and tne seat Of he
Al cd Arooretum.
A. 0ta0ck tals morning the working
- All
passenger coaches and = smoking car, l-fs
Dedl4n FOR B0stOo u ooster " hite was
the engineer. Conductor WEBSTER y. Drake,
Of -f,s.faass. wss-s IN chArze- OF the
train. Snd was assisted 5y Conductor
Nyrca ". Tiltea. II Dedham. and Mr..
huDbs. Immediately behind the iocomo-
tive Vas = passenger car following next
seven other ordinary dsv ca :, mossOf "a N
Of them Of the oid-fssaioaea type-twO -
least xith casr.irO stoves In the aiGdle Of
ths cs--and TIE rear was brought oy the
smoking car--nine cars "a all stops were
made sl Spring e.. West k0xbury. High
and. Central aud ROsiindals stations, and
on leavins the last station about three hun
dred peoDls we're on board. mostly working
marl and women. shop and store girls with
lunch oa.rs IN hand. chatting and laughing
merriiy. and = iev business men The three
forsard cars rer more densoly crowded
tnan any OF The others.
AZ iusl 7.I5 o. clock the train rounded the
curve and passed upon the bridge The
sng as bad Just crossed the last abutment
wnsn Enzineer White felt q jar, as II the
train hsd struck something Hastily gianc-
ing hscs ward out of his cab window be
saw and heard, ~ did the engineer OF that
"a 81 Central Vermont train. the rear cars
ard ne bridge falling with crash into the
abvss below The three cars Immediately
ioiovng the engine had safely crossed the
hri3<r. bar hat been thTown from the track.
Ennn-er Waite a. once gDcoupied bis en-
xine and putting on al the steam
possible ran down toward Forest Hill. J.
n. iAnn9n. fish dealer. was driving up
from Forest Hill toward the scene OF the
disaster when the sngi1e came down the
track whistlirg wildly. The locomotive
slowed down a. the Forest Hill crossing.
and Lannon stopped nis team shouting to
ths susins.
What The Natter
III train nas ggGe through the bridge.
telegraph 20 Boston" wss shs reply.
Iannon went o. the station with the mes
sage witch was quickly dashed over the
wirss Ihen be hasteaet back 10 bis team
aut drove up - the wreck. being tie Er,t
outsider 70 reach the spot. Arriving az
Forest HilA trs engineer at once rang "a 3
ere alarm which summoned to the scene
the Gre department of k0sliudale with a
steamer. AMI the nook and la.der truck
from Jamaica Plains Having Thoroughly
aroused ths surrounding communities aud
tsie.grs pled he fact OF the disaster TO The
oncials. engineer W1its remoun5et his
engine and AN her back - TIE wreck
where crowds xere already assembiing.
The irst three cars numbered So IS and -,
stood dsrsi ~ as he lad eft theu The
nex- car watch Was 80 completely smashed
that its number could not be made out
e-art It rfef.as IN tne most pxrrao-riinartr